Madrid metro ads promote study visas to bring relatives to Spain
The Madrid regional government allows metro ads inviting relatives to Spain on student visas, intensifying Spain's migration debate.
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Metro ads invite relatives to Spain on study visas
The Madrid regional government has allowed NEXO Asesoría Educativa's ads, installed by JCDecaux in Metro stations, to reopen the debate on student visas as a route of entry. The ad, with the slogan "You miss them, tell them to come…", encourages people to bring relatives to Spain under that scheme, promising "Live, study and work in Spain".
The private company offers free advice on processing the visa. The image shows young people wearing T-shirts referring to Peru, Colombia and Mexico alongside the Spanish flag. It is not an official campaign, but it is circulating in high-traffic spaces.
The reaction was swift. Some read it as a way of recruiting cheap labour, also pointing to similar practices in the Canary Islands, where foreign doctors rotate as students before getting their degrees recognised. Others see a legal loophole: the student visa as a gateway to irregularity, pending future regularisation programmes.
The debate remains stuck on the same question: attract talent or open a back door? For now, the line is as thin as the ad itself.
The Madrid regional government has allowed NEXO Asesoría Educativa's ads, installed by JCDecaux in Metro stations, to reopen the debate on student visas as a route of entry. The ad, with the slogan "You miss them, tell them to come…", encourages people to bring relatives to Spain under that scheme, promising "Live, study and work in Spain".
The private company offers free advice on processing the visa. The image shows young people wearing T-shirts referring to Peru, Colombia and Mexico alongside the Spanish flag. It is not an official campaign, but it is circulating in high-traffic spaces.
The reaction was swift. Some read it as a way of recruiting cheap labour, also pointing to similar practices in the Canary Islands, where foreign doctors rotate as students before getting their degrees recognised. Others see a legal loophole: the student visa as a gateway to irregularity, pending future regularisation programmes.
The debate remains stuck on the same question: attract talent or open a back door? For now, the line is as thin as the ad itself.
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